Chapter 75: A Stinkbug Story.

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Beautiful Lie - Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

"'Sup muthatruckers~"

This was Kaede's simple greeting as she and Shuichi headed into the Thieves' Den, already finding Hajime and Chiaki inside; the latter, as she often was, playing on her game console. Hajime waved to both of them as they entered.

"Howdy," he gave an awkward wave back, unsure of how to respond to that.

The Ultimate Pianist and Detective put their stuff down in the corner of the room and made themselves comfy, ready for the latest meeting. Of course, they had to wait for Toko, Komaru, Monomi, and Makoto to show up first.

Both Makoto and Shuichi were planning on filling the rest of the team in on the latest developments of the Steering Committee case, having to relay Kyoko's info through them, and were going to discuss what to do when Class 78 made their trip to France. During that time, Makoto, Kyoko, and Toko, at the very least, would be indisposed and unavailable, so it would be up to the remaining Phantom Thieves to do the rest of the legwork.

"Oh, by the way, Kaede," Chiaki lifted her head from her game, "you tuned into my livestream the other day, right?"

"Yes, I did!" Kaede beamed, "It was awesome! I know she'll probably say no, but you should get Toko in on those more often! She was a riot!"

"Yeah, that was fun," Chiaki gave a light smile.

"It was only the other day that Kaede told me you did gaming livestreams, Chiaki-senpai," Shuichi admitted, "Unfortunately, I was busy with work that day, so I was unable to watch it. I'm happy to hear you had fun, though."

"Don't worry, Shuichi," Chiaki assured him, "you can just watch the VOD once it's up if you get a Glitch account."

"A...what?" Shuichi asked.

"VOD. Video On Demand," Chiaki explained, "an archive of content previously streamed live on the platform, but it doesn't hang around forever. Most people just save their recordings and upload them to TubeYou anyway, so I might do that."

"That would admittedly be easier," Shuichi chuckled.

"Hey all..."

The four Thieves' heads turned towards the door as Toko opened it and stepped inside, looking a little tired.

"Good morning, Toko," Shuichi smiled at the girl.

"Y-Yeah... good morning," Toko yawned, walking over to sit on a beanbag with her notebook, "Sorry, I woke up on the wrong side of bed today. I was exhausted after last night..."

"What happened?" Hajime asked. Toko pouted.

"You're never gonna believe me if I tell you," she sighed, "but, umm...I was out...SOCIALIZING...Ugh...Just saying it makes me feel sick!"

Hajime laughed.

"Socializing with who?" he asked.

"The girls in our class," she said, "for once, I was able to talk with them like a normal person and not get teased about the mean shit I do and say on a regular basis or anything...They even wanted to get together again sometime later down the line. It was weird..."

"That's pretty awesome, Toko-chan," Chiaki beamed, "Looks like our livestream escapades paid off."

"Don't expect me to be that nice all the time, though," Toko huffed, "and don't expect me to be on my knees thanking you either. I still stand by the fact that 60% of that livestream minimum sucked ass for me."

"We know." Kaede smirked, before her face took on a more serious look, "Now all we have to do is...is..."

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